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here’s no magic wand in hiring a county manager vs. electing a county executive to run a county like Otsego.

The key is to make Benjamin the system fit the circumstances, said Gerald Benjamin, namesake director of SUNY New Paltz’s Benjamin Center for the study of local government and himself a past chairman of the Ulster County Legislature.

For instance, he continued, in a county that’s fairly homogeneous – people with the same general characteristics and political outlook pursuing similar professions – a hired manager working for an elected board like Otsego County’s 14-person Board of ReprePlease See MANAGER, A6

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Lumberjack Nathan Waterfield, Cherry Valley, a member of the STIHL Timbersports Pro team since 2007, lent his talents to the Cherry Valley Outdoor Games Saturday-Sunday, June 17-18, collecting and harvesting trees for competitors to cut.

Here, he levels off the top of a trunk for the springboard competition/OTHER PHOTO, A2

Bassett Makes 2 Promotions For Key Posts COOPERSTOWN

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assett Hospital President/CEO Vance Brown announced two significant promotions in recent days.

Ronette Wiley was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Cooperstown hospital, and Dr. William LeCates was given the additional title of vice president of medical affairs to assume her former responsibilities/DETAILS, A2 BOOKS GALORE: The

Friends of the Village Library’s largest fundraiser – and annual book sale – begins Saturday, June 24, and runs through Sunday, July 2, on the Fair Street entrance to Village Hall.

HURRAY FOR GRADS!

High schools across Otsego County are graduating seniors this weekend. For a two-page tribute, SEE A2-3 WHAT DO TO: This

week, AllOTSEGO. dining&entertainment ads begin on A7

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Tim and Ewan Chapman take a dive into one of the new pools at the re-opened Clark Sports Center during open house Saturday, June 17. At right, Chiara Salati, an Adventure Staff member, shows the groundlings how it’s done as she scales the rock wall high above the lobby.

Run, Swim, Bike In $21M Upgrade

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tanding 20 feet inside the newly reopened Clark Sports Center, director Val Paige heard the same thing from nearly everyone who walked past.

“Wow!” “I’ve heard the word ‘wow’ a thousand times,” she said. “We’ve all been waiting two years, and it’s so good to get the community back in here.”

Please See CLARK, A6

HERZIG, KATZ ACT

Trump Punts, Mayors Grab Climate Ball

By LIBBY CUDMORE

Mary Joan Kevlin, 59; Co-Publisher As Newspaper Company Prospered COOPERSTOWN

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ary Joan “MJ” Kevlin, co-publisher of The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta and www.AllOTSEGO.com for the past 11 years, passed away Friday, June 16, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. She was 59, and had been struggling with cancer since October 2014.

MJ was born on April 19, 1958, in Endwell, to Joseph W. and Joan (Gaffney) Simmons, and was raised in Lafayette Hill, Pa. She graduated from La Salle University in 1979 and received a

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master’s in historic preservation planning from Cornell University in 1981.

As a planner for Jefferson County in Watertown, she met her future husband, Jim, who was an editor at The Watertown Daily Times.

They married on June 25, 1983, at Our Mother of Consolation Church in Chestnut Hill, Pa. She soon became Watertown’s first city planner, and administered the process that led to construction of 800 units of military housing in the city during the expansion of Fort Please See MJ, A7

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neonta and Cooperstown may not be as big as New York or Los Angeles, but both the village and the city have made their commitment to fighting climate change as clear as a sunny day.

“We’re focused on what we can do locally,” said Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig. “We’re taking initiatives to be more climatefriendly.”

“I’d been seeing stuff about the Climate Mayors, and although it’s mostly Please See MAYORS, A7

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD

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Jump For Joy In Cherry Valley

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Morgan Huff, Cherry Valley, Brendon Reckeweg, Springfield Center, sister Kristin, Kailey Barnes, Cherry Valley, and Zola Palmer, Cooperstown, kept themselves entertained in the bounce house during the Cherry Valley Outdoor Games Day on Sunday, June 18.

Wiley COO, LeCates Vice President At Bassett COOPERSTOWN

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he Bassett Healthcare Network has promoted Ronette Wiley as executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Cooperstown hospital, and has given Dr. William LeCates the additional title of vice president of medical affairs to assume her former responsibilities.

Since 2008, Wiley has been vice president of performance improvement and

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A native of Brookfield, she lives in the Town of Richfield with her husband, Scott.

In his new role, LeCates will oversee the Care Management & Clinical Excellence Program. As medical director for the past six years, he has overseen the medical staff, as well as quality assurance. He has been a member of the hospital’s Quality Management Council since 2003, co-chair since 2013, and a member of the trustees’ Performance Improvement Committee.

A kidney specialist and a 1997 graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, LeCates lives in Cooperstown with wife Debbie and their family.

A member of the Army Medical Corps, he has been assigned to rotations in Afghanistan and Liberia.

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ALUTE TO THE 2017 CLARK SCHOLARS

Jane Forbes Clark, Clark Foundation president, announced that first-year college scholarship grants, totaling $803,700, have been awarded to 206 students. The scholarships are based on academic achievement, citizenship and service to community. The Foundation anticipates providing over $3.9 million in scholarships for the coming year. Close to 11,000 students have participated in the program since its founding in 1961.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017

IN APPRECIATION • MARY JOAN KEVLIN, 1958-2017

To MJ, Every Customer Complaint Was Chance To Make New Friends.

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ustomer service” is a term that’s uttered so often, but so rarely provided that it’s almost lost any meaning – certainly, too often we find it honored in the breach as we go about our daily interactions.

But for Mary Joan Kevlin, 59, who left our Iron String Press family and our Otsego County home too soon on Friday, June 16, it defined her business life.

When a customer called with any non-editorial complaint in recent years, everyone in the office would say with confidence, “Let me have you talk with MJ. She’ll resolve the issue to your complete satisfaction.”

And she invariably would. To her, a customer complaint was not a complaint at all, but an opportunity to solve a problem and make a new friend.

This is how she was, but the result was good business. Just one example of many: When customers placing legal ads found they were treated with courtesy and their accounts handled with accuracy and efficiency, word got around and linage grew.

• Her approach to customer service spoke to MJ’s humanity, but also to her integrity, and her understanding that doing things right was good business.

The first week under Kevlin ownership, an employee asked to be paid under the table. Neither of us was enthusiastic,

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MJ’s office was always a whirlwind of activity

but MJ had a practical take as well: “If we start making exceptions, we’ll never remember what we did and what we didn’t.”

After the Great Recession hit, Albany loosed its inspectors upon the land, seeking violations and, thus, fines that would help fill its depleted coffers – at least, that was the interpretation on Main Street

back then.

A state Department of Labor accountant spent three days at 21 Railroad Ave., reviewing business records and practices.

He found just a single violation: Of the three OSHA posters on the wall, one was a couple of months out of date.

Internally, MJ was the go-to person, whether obtaining a replacement for a

faulty lens or reissuing a lost W2. She never forgot a birthday, and cake and candles and a “Happy Birthday” rendering were staples at 21 Railroad.

Rarely demanding – and never demanding without good reason – never loud, her quiet efficiency allowed the rest of us our flamboyancy.

• On a personal note: I wish none of you the anguish of the past several weeks, as MJ’s cancer entered her liver and brought her life to an end too soon, with so much left to do. (Although, as we know, death is part of life for all of us: We all will grieve.)

I do wish you this. After her original diagnosis in October 2014, all pettiness in our partnership fell away. The grudges, quibbles and little unhappinesses that appear in every marriage disappeared.

For 32 months, we reconnected with what drew us together in the first place – from my perspective, her caring spirit, her insightful mind, her courage and – oh, my – her sense of humor.

As you read this, reach out, hold your partner’s hand, and say, “I love you.”

Forget everything else. Give each other the gift that was forced upon us to our delight.

I love you, dear. And thank you. You’re gone, but you’re very close.

JAMES.

Otsego 2000: Block CNG Trucks Environmental Group Asks Schneiderman To Investigate ‘Environmental, Safety Risks’ Editor’s Note: Nicole Dillingham, president, Otsego 2000 board of director, sent this letter June 16 to state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, alerting him to trucks bearing compressed natural gas that have begun crossing Otsego County daily.

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ear Mr. Schneiderman, We are writing to request your immediate attention to a new and serious safety issue that

has developed in Otsego County and neighboring Herkimer County.

You have also received a correspondence regarding this subject from state Sen. Tony Avella.

A company known as Express Natural Gas (“XNG”) is transporting large quantities of highly combustible, compressed natural gas by trailer truck over rural New York State roads. These trucks are a new design, capable of carrying up to 12 tons of compressed meth-

This snapshot of an XNG truck crossing Otsego County was taken a few weeks ago.

ane at very high pressure (3,600 psi). The gas is gathered from fracking sites in northern Pennsylvania where it is compressed, driven 130 miles through New York, and then transferred into the Iroquois Pipeline in Manheim, (near Little Falls).

As many as 200 such trucks per day are barreling through our communities, day and night, on roads used by residents, school buses and agricultural vehicles. Trucks

have been clocked at speeds in excess of 75 miles an hour, far over the legal speed limit, operating recklessly, and driving dangerously on shoulders. The explosive potential of these vehicles is staggering. A catastrophe could occur at any time.

Significantly, the facility at Manheim was permitted as a compressed natural gas distribution station for the purpose of drawing Please See CNG, A5

LETTERS

Otsego Now’s Chairman Paints Picture Of ‘Organization In Difficulty, Disarray’ To the Editor: I watched the online video of Devin Morgan’s presentation to the Otsego County Board at the June meeting. Devin, chair of Otsego Now, explained the current situation of Otsego Now, and how he saw its future unfolding.

The link to a video of the monthly county Board of Representatives’ is available at www.AllOTSEGO.com.

I felt that the information presented was painful

and deflating to listen to, in looking forward to Otsego County’s economic development future with Otsego Now. I heard his words as describing an organization in difficulty, disarray, hoping for the best, unsure of what it can now do, and looking for help wherever it could get it. Vision and optimism seemed to be taking a back seat to explanations and survival mode.

Devin is a very nice fellow, with a very difficult

task, and he was just delivering the message of the current Otsego Now reality.

I know that he wants to hold it together, stop the slide, and build it back up again.

I am sure that I could be missing something on the upside of the big picture, but his words did not engender confidence in the future of Otsego Now at this time, if that was the best face that could be put on the curJim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal rent situation in a one hour Otsego Now chair Devin Morgan addresses counpresentation.

So Otsego Now will now ty board on the future of economic development. pay an outside company be able to replace its previexperience, business and to find a fulltime CEO. ous CEO’s wide-ranging political connections, with a Unfortunately, it may not economic-development checkbook.

James C. Kevlin & Mary Joan Kevlin

WHERE NATURE SMILES

Co-Publishers

Tara Barnwell Advertising Director

Thom Rhodes Advertising Consultant

Larissa Ryan Office Manager

The first question any applicants are going to ask is “Where in the world is Otsego County New York?”

Not a great start when the job is selling the benefits of doing business in Otsego County New York, to the “outside world.”

The second question is going to be, “Do I want to risk uprooting my family, to take a job at Otsego Now, where many of the previous personnel, from the top executives to the secretaries, have recently jumped ship?”

Applicants may even consider having a conversation Please See DEAN, A5

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Weather! It’s Bustin’ Out All Over

e hasten to note this week, that when it comes to writing this column, the weather is always a dependable source of ideas about which to write. This is something we learned almost immediately when we started writing this column.

In January, we noted that “in spite of the weather, which has too much snow – one of us thinks any snow is too much – and is definitely too cold – the other one of us doesn’t like anything below 60 degrees – there is still much activity in and around the village.”

This was followed on later January by, “We suspect that the lake is not all that is frozen in the village. We are willing – well, almost willing – to put CATHERINE money on frozen LAKE pipes, frozen cars, ELLSWORTH frozen, and probably very expensive to replace, bushes, frozen ruts making driveways a real treat, and frozen, or

close to it, hands, feet, faces, and yes, even knees. just remember that all will thaw in April … May … June – one of those months.”

• February found us commenting that “traditionally when the ground hog sees his shadow on Feb. 2, we are in for six more weeks of winter.

However, we would like to put forth the theory that by now the ground hog must be so old that his eyesight can’t possibly be what it once was and therefore, even though the sun may Please See COLUMN, A5

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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

200 YEARS AGO

Advertisement. Young Ladies’ Seminary at Cooperstown, Otsego. Girls from 4 years and upwards, instructed on the following terms, viz: Reading, Writing, Grammar, Arithmetic, Plain and Ornamental Needlework, $3.50; Epistolary Composition, Geography, History, Drawing of Maps, with their use, $4.00; Drawing in India Ink, Painting in water colors on Velvet, $6.00; Embroidery, Chenelle-work, $8.00. No pupil will be admitted for a shorter period than three months. R. Bell.

June 19, 1817

125 YEARS AGO

to 15 cents, on and after Monday, June 18.

At an adjourned meeting of the Village Board of Trustees held Saturday evening it was voted to contract with the Westinghouse Electric Company as agents of the George Cutter Company of Indiana for twenty-eight lamp posts for Cooperstown’s new street lighting system. A contract was entered into with the Mohawk Electric Co. for cable for the posts which are of the suburban type.

The Fenimore is open for the season. A special business men’s lunch is served at Noon for 50 cents per plate. No license will be taken out this year. (Ed. Note: The latter is a reference to a liquor license.)

June 20, 1917

175 YEARS AGO

England is carrying on at this moment, if we are not misinformed, a quasi-trade in human beings, quite as much fraught with misery as that designed to be eradicated.

Vessels, as late as February 7 of the present year were in the River Gambia taking on board what they call apprentices, for the use of their colonies. In a vessel of five hundred tons, 50o0 Negroes were embarked; or, for every ton, one Negro. These poor wretches go through the ceremony of signing articles of indenture, without knowing the term for which they bind themselves, the country to which they are going, or the language in which they are to be addressed. They are first wholly in the power of the chiefs, who hand them over to the traders, and afterwards for 14 years, the slaves in reality of those who take them away. It is by this evasion the English supply their FleshMarts and give thousands of victims to the overseer.

June 20, 1842

150 YEARS AGO

New fuel for steam vessels – A remarkable trial took place in Boston Harbor to test the use of crude petroleum instead of coal for steam vessels. The United States gunboat Palos, equipped with petroleum apparatus, left the Charleston Navy Yard in the morning, made a trip of twenty-five nautical miles in one hour and fifty-five minutes,

75 YEARS AGO

June 23, 1892 and used less than four barrels of petroleum to accomplish the work for which six or eight tons of coal would have been required.

Moreover, the scientific tests applied during the progress of the experiment showed that the speed of the vessel was increased onehalf over her former rate by the use of the new fuel.

June 21, 1867

100 YEARS AGO

In Our Town – Major Robert S. Clark is a member of the staff of General Pershing, at the head of the United States Army in France.

On account of the high cost of living the local barbers have raised the price of shaves

Weather Busted Out Here COLUMN/From A5 have been shining, there is absolutely no way the poor old fellow could have seen his shadow.

“Consequently, it is our opinion that it is perfectly appropriate to whistle ‘June is Bustin’ Out All Over,’ to check the snow for signs of spring flowers, and to pretend that the temperature in Cooperstown is the high in the nation today. Of course, if you want to be a spoil sport, you can wait until June first. Chances are that by then at least some of it will be true.”

At the end of February, after having had some somewhat disappointing weather during the Winter Carnival, we reported that “...we have decided, after a great deal of thought, to mention the Winter Carnival. Margaret and the rest of the gang expect it, are prepared for it and would undoubtedly be crushed if it didn’t happen.

“Needless to say, this is not the first time the weather has played havoc with well-made plans. In fact, long-time Cooperstown resident Mac Preston says that even back in the days when the Knox School was at The Otesaga, the weather seldom cooperated with the school’s winter carnival plans.

“She can remember more than once standing, feet freezing, on the tennis court, which had been flooded and frozen into an ice rink, watching the carnival king perched on his throne of ice, which was melting merrily away. Obviously history repeats itself.”

“But what we really can’t understand is that if the date of the Winter Carnival is indeed such a good deterrent to winter weather, why isn’t the Carnival scheduled to run from January first right through the end of March – or perhaps the middle of April.”

• As spring approached in 1984, we wrote that: “In Michigan, where one of us grew up, the old-timers always used to say that spring never officially arrived until the peach crop was destroyed by a late frost. Here, however, we find there is a different criterion for spring. Seven Little League parents must suffer from exposure, or if possible, frostbite.

Take our word for it, spring is here.”

And finally, in June we asked: “Dare we say it? Summer has arrived! We make this prediction not on the basis of the weather, as you might think, but rather on the fact that we have noted the Glimmerglass Opera staff – actually we have only seen Polly Kendrick but assume the rest are here too – has arrived, that Little League is over, that school is out next week, and that there is no place to park on Main Street. All in all, it does seem safe to say that summer has arrived, especially when you consider that there has been no snow fall in Cooperstown during June for the last 130 years.

Quite frankly we see no reason for this year to be any different.”

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“More than anything else America needs a vital faith in God.” This was the message of Robert Kazmayer, youthful news commentator of Rochester speaking to the “Son and Daughter” meeting of the Rotary Club of Cooperstown at Cooper Inn Tuesday evening of last week. The meeting was held in the main dining room of the Inn where covers were laid for about 100, fully half of whom were the children of the Rotarians.

The singing was led by Carl H. Johnson, chairman of the music committee, with Edward R. Curtis at the piano. Speaking on “The Challenge That is America” Mr. Kazmayer said, “There is for us in the U.S. not a need for more knowledge of foreign battles and naval conflicts – we are already the best informed people in the world – rather there is a terrific desperate need that we here in America, young and old alike, know once more the source of the strength and power which made us a great nation – our father’s faith in our father’s God.” June 24, 1942

50 YEARS AGO

Miss Helen Konstanty of Syracuse has been awarded a fellowship in the pre-doctoral program for computer librarians at the Washington University School of Medicine for the 1967-68 academic year. Miss Kon-

stanty received a Master of Science degree in library science from the --participate in a training plan which includes formal studies concerned with computer technology, the bio-medical sciences, mathematics, linguistics, and user psychology. Miss Konstanty will also work as bibliographic assistant with faculty research workers or practicing physicians. She will also have the opportunity to do original experimental work. Miss Konstanty is a native of Cooperstown and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Dennison University in 1966.

June 21, 1967

25 YEARS AGO

There was quite a commotion on Main Street Friday afternoon as a swarm of bees decided to follow their queen and the path led to a tree branch near the Mohican Club.

Police were called to the scene and the area was cordoned off. A short time later beekeeper George Blastos came to the rescue Blastos, who works nearby in Otsego County’s Real Property Tax Office, was clad in the traditional beekeeper’s battle garb.

He also brought a five gallon bucket and a soft-bristled brush. After a short inspection, Blastos snipped off the bee-infested tree branch with clippers loaned by McEwan’s Hardware. He shook the branch over the bucket hive. Blastos estimated that the swarm weighed about three pounds, which would yield about 60,000 bees. “They’re not mad,” he said. “Just a little confused.”

June 24, 1992

10 YEARS AGO

At closing time June 18, a village police officer stopped at several Cooperstown stores with vending displays out front and handed merchants a warning letter. “Get a permit pronto, or face a $100-a-Day fine,” was the message. That brought a flock of merchants to the village trustees’ monthly meeting that evening in protest. Two merchants, Ron Jex and Donna Skinner, said the outside displays were on their respective properties – not on village property.

June 22, 2007

Otsego Now To Attorney General: Act Now On CNG CNG/From A4 gas from the Iroquois pipeline and delivery by truck to individual purchasers.

At no time in the permitting process did the applicant disclose that the Manheim station would be used to inject large volumes of gas into the Iroquois Pipeline.

This undisclosed activity has not been reviewed under NEPA, SEQRA or local law. In fact, XNG boasts that it has created an “unregulated, virtual pipeline.”

It is incomprehensible that these operations are occurring illegally, completely outside of federal or state review.

I attach to this letter a copy of a presentation titled “Iroquois Pathway Ahead” that was given by Iroquois Gas Transmission at a May 4, 2017, meeting of the Northeast Gas Association.

Information on page 6 of the presentation confirms that XNG has developed a capacity to deliver 50,000 Dekatherrns per day (50 MDt/d) of fracked gas to the Manheim facility in trucks that carry 350 Dekatherms of gas each. This is an average of 143 trucks per day entering the facility, with the same number going out empty.

The information presented also reveals that this activity is part of a larger plan for gas development, including future

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Direct Energy Business President John Schultz, left, and XNG CEO John Nahill cut the ribbon at the Manheim CNG Center in July 2015. To reach the plant, trucks are using Routes 205, 80 and 28 through Otsego County.

expansion of the Dominion Pipeline, eventual construction of the Constitution Pipeline, and flow reversal of the Iroquois pipeline to facilitate the export of gas to Canada.

I am also attaching here information relating to a request by XNG for a waiver of jurisdiction from the state Public Service Commission (PSC) on the grounds that trucks using the facility will

only deliver gas to end-use customers.

At no point in any of the proceedings associated with its request did XNG disclose its intent to receive gas transported by truck at the Manheim facility and insert that gas into a main transmission pipeline. In addition to this, you will find attached the XNG application for a project permit submitted to the Town of Manheim which claims that “approximately eight to 45 trucks would be filled per day depending on seasonal demand.”

At no place in its application to the town or to the PSC did XNG disclose that its actual plans were to have an average of 143 tractor trailers per day transport gas to the facility and transfer that gas into the Iroquois Pipeline. Nor did XNG discuss any of the environmental and safety risks associated with this undisclosed purpose. These documents show that the Town and the PSC were grossly misled.

We strongly urge you to investigate this matter and require that XNG immediately cease all operations involving the transfer of gas from trucks into the Iroquois Pipeline. Proper permits do not exist for these activities and essential safety and environment review by federal, state, and local authorities has not been conducted. This matter is urgent.

GOP Believes If Economic Development Fails, Cuomo Fails DEAN/From A4 with some of the folks who just left the job.

Let me be clear, I do not think that the Otsego Now disruption is of its own making.

As an outside observer, I personally feel that there may be some people, inside the Otsego Now/Otsego County board relationship, who may not want Otsego Now to succeed. They may only want power and control for their own broader agendas. They have no vision, or enthusiasm, or plans of their own for economic development, but they do not want to see others make it work, or for any credit to possibly go to others. To them, obstruction and control are more important than progress for the public good.

It is my understanding that the county board chair, a Republican, has made all of the Otsego Now appointments. That there is no committee consultation, no formal search, and no vetting

of the candidates, who are presented one at a time, so no comparisons can be made.

The Democrats on the Otsego county board have called for more public transparency and input into the selection of candidates for the Otsego Now board. There are three vacancies left. It will be very interesting to see how they will be filled.

If the structural (read people) problems, possibly responsible for the current Otsego Now situation, continue to exist in the Otsego

Now/Otsego County board relationship, that problem must be identified and permanently resolved. If Otsego Now is to survive, and continue with its intended mission, it must be free to work, unobstructed, in the best interests of the people of Otsego County.

I have heard, from multiple sources, that there is at least one Republican member of the Otsego County board who has been disparaging the Oneonta Downtown Redevelopment Initiative (DRI). This

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The people who may want Otsego Now to fail may also want the DRI to fail, so that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo will fail in his $10 million effort to help the City of Oneonta – and Otsego County New York – succeed.

This is the real Republican policy goal, in my view.

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2,300 Excited Exercise Enthusiasts Flood Into Clark On Day One

CLARK/From A1 At the door at 7:55 a.m., five minutes before the official 8 a.m. opening, Charlie Kieler declared, “I’be been waiting to get back in and play squash. It’s the only doubles court in the area, and I’ve got friends from Albany who say they want to come out every week and play.”

The $21 million, 7,000-squarefoot expansion of the Clark Sports Center opened Saturday, June 17, after 20 months of renovation.

Jane Forbes Clark, board chair, was also on hand to meet with visitors and serve refreshments from The Otesaga. “You’ve come a long way in 40 years,” said Barb Knapp, giving Miss Clark a hug.

Said Mayor Jeff Katz, “The Clark Sports Center is such a focal point for every facet of our community, from kids to seniors. To have one like this really speaks to Jane Clark’s commitment to the

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Dr. Rodman Carter and wife Imogene, congratulate Clark Foundation chairman Jane Forbes Clark on the state-of-the-art sports center, which reopened with an all-day open house Saturday, June 17. The Carters have been exercising at the sports center since it was the Clark Gym, in what today is the Baseball Hall of Fame administrative offices on Main Street.

Consultant Might Be Way For County To Move On MANAGER/From A1 sentatives may be fine.

In a county with “diverse populations,” an elected county executive, who to win election has had to put together a governing coalition, may be a better way to go, he said.

Benjamin, whose center has consulted for multiple county governments statewide, was interviewed for advice on what has suddenly become a front-burner issue when county Rep. Andrew Marietta, DCooperstown/Town of Otsego, was blocked from introducing a resolution at the county board’s June 3 meeting to study the question of professional management.

Marietta had a hired manager in mind, but in a letter to the editor last week, retired assemblyman Tony Casale of Cooperstown, a top aide to state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, called for a “thorough, reasoned approach” in charting the future.

“The administrator/manager form of government can be effective under the right circumstances, but the county executive model ensures direct inputs from and accountability to the voters,” Casale wrote.

Coming out of the Strategic Planning Implementation Committee Tuesday, June 20, Marietta said he sensed new support for a change, and that he’s not locked into a manager or executive option, and would be interested in exploring both.

“I am optimistic that there is commitment to moving forward with examining Otsego County’s government and leadership structure,” he wrote in a letter to the editor for publication next week.

At the committee meeting, attended by county board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, and Administration Committee chair Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, “there was full support for a recommendation of that committee being charged to address this issue,” Marietta wrote.

“Whether the action is through a committee-led study or engaging a consultant, there is clearly a glimmer of hope.”

In the interview, Benjamin said in addition to the executive option, there are two types of county manager. County boards like Otsego’s, limited by New York State’s county law, can’t, for instance, surrender the authority to hire and fire to a manager.

However, if the county were to adopt a home-rule charter, it would have much more flexibility in crafting a county manager’s duties. Schenectady County went that route, he said, and hired Bob McEvoy, who in the years that followed became

one of the most celebrated county managers in the nation.

Usually, Benjamin said, the move toward a new form a government results from a crisis.

Right now, for instance, Sullivan County is in poor fiscal straits: The casino it attracted isn’t resulting in hoped-for prosperity. So the county is considering a different form of government.

He agreed that the collapse of the Otsego Now economicdevelopment model and the county board’s standoff with Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. constitutes a similar kind of challenge.

Benjamin discussed a number of change scenarios – in Poughkeepsie, Beacon and Yates County – but said change alone isn’t an elixir: Governments need to think through where they want to go, then choose the best option to take them there.

He pointed out that the Benjamin Center, under SUNY New Paltz’s wing, does consulting to help counties like Otsego and local governments answer those questions for themselves.

When he arrives in a new situation, “I don’t know who’s on what side,” he said. “And that’s quite healthy, actually.”

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“It’s a little disorienting to walk through here,” Paige admitted.

“We handed out maps so people didn’t get lost, but once you walk around a few times, you understand where you are.”

With gym bags ready, visitors took to the 35-foot rock climbing wall, ran on the updated treadmills, and swam in the three pools – one each for diving, laps and exercise routines. “We’ve been practicing at Unadilla Valley or in the back yard,” said Ewan Chapman, Cooperstown Central swim team captain. “So we’re happy to be back here.”

Greeting Miss Clark, Dr. Rodman Carter said, “This is the third Clark Sports Center I’ve seen. I used to play squash at the one on Main Street. This one’s a little different.”

“The director taught the fencing classes,” his wife, Imogene said.

And although fencing classes are no longer offered, there is still plenty to do, including in the new electronic gaming room. “We’ve all been down there playing with them,” said Clark.

On the T-Wall, athletes are invited to jump, crouch and stretch to hit colored lights in a variety of games. There’s a floor-projected soccer game, electronic boxing and stationary bikes with games that only work if you keep pedaling. “This room is going to be a huge help with the school kids,” said Barry Gray, athletics instructor. “And the adults have been down here playing it too.”

Like the squash court, it’s the only one in the area. “The nearest one is at the Norwich Y,” said Gray. “That’s where we got the idea.”

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“It was an awful season, weather-wise, so we were able to do spin classes,” said Jimmy DeLiberto, Adventure Director. “We thought that, with the resources here and Mike Maben’s experience coaching the team, we would be a good fit.” It paid off – eight of the cyclists finished in the top five of their divisions.

But if you need to catch your breath, you can head upstairs to look out the wide windows over the field. “The photo mural next to it is the 2016 induction,” said Miss Clark. “It’s exactly what it would look like if you watched the induction from that window.”

In all, more than 2,300 attended the open house. “Everyone is on their game to make our community better,” said Katz. “This is just the latest and the grandest piece.”

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MJ Kevlin, 59; Co-Publisher As Newspapers, Website Thrived Cities Join Climate Battle MJ/From A1 Drum. She also obtained funding to begin the restoration of the city’s Frederick Law Olmsted park. Her successes brought additional responsibilities into her portfolio: For a time, she managed the city airport and the Thompson Park Zoo. In the 1990s, she and her husband moved to Buffalo, then Pottsville, Pa., where she continued to pursue her professional interests. She served as executive director of the Pennsylvania Downtown Center, moving the organization from Bloomsburg to Harrisburg to ensure a firmer foundation for its future. She was vice chair of the Pottsville Area Development Corp. board, and was particularly interested in the redevelopment of a rare reverse-screen nickelodeon into the Majestic Theater, a community performing arts center. For several years, she taught the historic survey course in Cornell University­­­’s Department of City & Regional Planning, documenting the architectural significance of such communities as Binghamton’s Abel Bennett loca-

tion, that city’s first “streetcar suburb” and neighborhood of former state Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson.

In 2006, then in Norwich, Conn., she and her husband purchased Cooperstown’s Freeman’s Journal, founded in 1808 by William Cooper, village founder and father of James Fenimore Cooper.

A wordsmith, MJ coined the company name, Iron String Press, from Emerson’s, “Trust thyself: Every heart vibrates to that iron string.” Her husband focused on the editorial side, while she ensured the smooth operation of the company through the founding of Hometown Oneonta in 2008 and the expansion of www.AllOTSEGO.com in 2015.

Locally, she served on the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and, currently, on the board of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society.

In addition to her husband, James C. Kevlin, she is survived by two sons, Joseph J. Kevlin of Tempe, Ariz., and John C. Kevlin, his wife Meghan Burke and their daughter Kyla, of Oakland, Calif.;

two sisters, Anne Lacey and her husband, Matthew, of Exton, Pa., and Karen Rylant and her husband, Keith, of Florence, Ala.; three Lacey nieces, Caitlin (David) Durkin, Anna (Ted) Hooven, and Tara (Kevin) Bogan, all of the Philadelphia area, and two Rylant nieces, Katherine and Caroline, both at the University of Alabama.

She was predeceased by her parents.

Calling hours are at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 22, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, followed by a service at 7 p.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Tom LeBeau, pastor, Cooperstown United Methodist Church, officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Oneonta Corps, The Salvation Army, c/o Processing Center, Box 16310, Albany NY 122126310. (Each Christmas for the past decade, MJ administered the newspapers’ Angel Tree Fund for The Salvation Army, providing gifts for needy children.)

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

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Following the White House’s announcement the U.S. would be exiting The Paris Agreement on climate change, Katz joined the nearly 300 mayors in pledging to protect local environments.

Since 2012, Cooperstown has been active in adopting earth-friendly initiatives, including converting many Main Street lampposts to LED, renewable energy purchases and solar-panel installation at Three Mile Point, divestments from fossil fuels and, most recently, two electric-vehicle chargers in the Doubleday Field parking lot.

In January, 30 Climate Mayors issued an electric-vehicle request for information to show automakers and manufacturers that 114,000 of their cities’ cars and trucks could be electrified.

“It’s more than symbolic,” said Katz.

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Where Humankind Retreats,

Bears Boldly Go Natasha Baysinger submitted this photo, taken on East Lake Road, to Emily Gibson’s bear map at Cherry ValleySpringfield Central School.

New Forest Replaces Farms, And Bruins Move Right In; Couple Of Dozen Roam Here mon sight, that wasn’t the first time the Barowns had seen one on their land. “About five years ago, our dog riving his kids to started whining, school in Cherry and I looked out our Valley last fall, window to see an a suddenly startled enormous bear at our Chris Barown pulled his birdfeeder. The night car over at the edge of before, he had gothis property to snap a ten into a 40-pound photo. “Heading out of bag of birdseed and the woods was a black dragged it down our bear,” said his wife, Julie. driveway.”

“There was a huge patch Barown’s son, Donna Nilsenof blackberries in the first-grader Heath, Hall’s hand field across the road, so mirrors a bear is now part of a bear we think that’s where he print spotted mapping exercise in was headed.” near Middlefield a library class taught While not a comby Emily Gibson Center.

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Heath Barown points to the spot in Cherry Valley where his mother, Julie, spotted a bear at their birdfeeder.

at Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, and sent in his mother’s photos.

“I saw that people were sharing pictures of bear sightings on Facebook,” said Gibson. “I like to do a research project with the first graders, so I put a post up

asking people to send those pictures to me so we could build a map of where bears are throughout the county.”

So far, the youngsters have mapped 13 bears, from Hartwick to Cherry Valley. “It’s important Please See BEARS, B5

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igh School seniors get to turn their tassels and look towards the future as “Pomp & Circumstance” rings out throughout the county: Milford Central, 7 p.m. Friday, June 23.

Oneonta High School, 10:45 a.m. Saturday, June 24. Cooperstown Central, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 24, Fenimore Art Museum, back lawn.

DIG DEEP: Bring the kids to learn about pre-history, fossils, artifacts and more. They can have fun in the dirt while learning about the study of human history and pre-history. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Friday, June 23. Hartwick College’s Pine Lake Environmental Campus, 1894 Charlotte Creek Rd., Oneonta.

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hops, fine hotels, even a speakeasy or two – at one time, Hartwick was the center of life in Otsego County.

“At the turn of the century, the trolley was a big thing for the whole area,” said Carol Goodrich,

Town of Hartwick historian. “It made a lot of jobs. Because this was at the halfway point of the trip, they put the power station and the car barn here.”

The Oneonta & Otego Valley line arrived in Hartwick in 1901.

Starting in Oneonta, the trolley line ran several trips daily to Mohawk and back again. The trip was 40 miles one way and, with 55 station Please See TROLLEY, B7

DIVE IN: The Wilber outdoor pool opens for the season. Featuring open swim, family swim from 5-7:30, and lap swimming. Cost, free for Oneonta residents; all others $1 per child, $3 adult, $8 family. 1-5 p.m Saturday, June 24, Wilber Park pool, Oneonta.

Comedy and Funk: Take a night off. Kevin Johnson brings the jokes and flair that will have everyone falling over with laughter. Followed by Hanzolo with their original funk/reggae sounds. 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 24. The CHURCH, Route 205, Mt. Vision.

Film Festival: Spend the evening with a series of three short contemporary films from the Middle East and North Africa exploring the culture of these regions. 4-8:45 p.m. Sunday, June 25. Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley.

Art Bazaar: Check out variety of fine artwork donated by area collectors and artists. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday, June 24-25. Cooperstown Art Association.

Book Fair: The Antiquarian Book fair hosts book sellers from across Northeast. Come find the unusual books, the ephemera, maps on display. 10 a.m.

Saturday, June 24. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown.

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Friday, June 23

ROBOTICS CAMP – Last day for 6th-8th graders to apply for weeklong robotics camp. $100. Oneonta City School District Office, 31 Center St. ARCHAEOLOGY DAY – 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Kids learn about pre-history, fossils, artifacts, while having fun in the dirt with OWL on Pine Lake Environmental Campus, 1894 Charlotte Creek Road.

SPORTS CENTER ACTIVITIES – 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Kids can play games, bowl, swim, rock climb. Lunch, snacks provided. Free for members and non-members. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown.

Check BLOOD DRIVE – 2 p.m.

Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

HOME GAME – 7 p.m. The Oneonta Outlaws vs. Mohawk Valley Diamond Dawgs. Damaschke Field, Oneonta.

Saturday, June 24

CARS & COFFEE – 8-11 a.m. All vintages, marques, and interests welcome. Excessive revving, burnouts are not.

Mt. Wellington Market, 7471 St. Hyw. 80, Cooperstown.

BOOK SALE – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Annual library fundraiser.

Every day through Sunday July 2. Cooperstown Village Library.

ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR – 10 a.m. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown.

ART BAZAAR – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Browse artwork, crafts from local artists at the Spring Cleaning Art Bazaar.

Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main.

TRUNK SHOW – 12:301:30 p.m. Presenting “Box and Cox” (1847) by John Madison Morton and performed by some of the best actors in our area. On the Tavern Green at The Farmers Museum, ATHLETIC CLUB – 1-4 p.m.

Headed by Aaron Macken.

Run, hike, bike, lift weights.

Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

WILBER POOL OPENS – 1-7:30, Free for Oneonta residents; $1 per child, $3 adult, $8 family. In Oneonta’s Wilber Park.

PING PONG LEAGUE – 12:30 p.m. Prizes awarded to the top 3 players. Registration required. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

WOMEN’S RIGHTS – 2 p.m.

Vignettes by the Templeton Players, including Reverend Bush on women’s place in society at 2 and Carrie Finkles’ rally for equality, liberty at 2:30. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

MOVIE CLUB – 4-7 p.m.

Spend an afternoon watching a movie with friends. FORDO has thousands to choose from. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

CCS ALUMNI ASS. BANQUET – 6 p.m. Cooperstown Central School, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown.

HOME GAME – 7 p.m. The Oneonta Outlaws vs. Utica Blue Sox. Damaschke Field, Oneonta.

COMEDY – 8 p.m. Presenting the hysterical words of Kevin Johnson followed by his guests, local funk reggae ensemble, Hanzolo. Tickets, $15 adults, $12 youth, seniors,

and veterans. The Church, at the decommissioned Baptist Church, 2381 St. Hwy. 205, Mount Vision.

Sunday, June 25

ART BAZAAR – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. See Saturday Listing.

TRUNK SHOW – 12:301:30 p.m. See Saturday Listing.

GRADUATION – 1:30-3:30 p.m. The class of 2017 graduates. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. http:// www.cooperstowncs.org/ ORAL HISTORY – 2 p.m.

Share your stories about Oneonta’s Music History, facilitated by Dr. Alan Donovan.

Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta.

ANTI-RENT WAR VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. The Templeton players perform short vignettes. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

CINEMA FESTIVAL – 48:45 p.m. See short films that explore the culture of the Middle East and North Africa. Admission, $10. The Star Theater, The Foundry, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley.

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Notice is hereby given that the Town of Hartwick, County of Otsego has completed the tentative assessment roll for the current year.

The County Alternate Board of Assessment Review will meet at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326 on June 28th, 2017 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM to hear and examine all complaints in relation to assessments on the application of any person believing himself to be aggrieved.

Dated this 20th day of June 2017.

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Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/27/2017.

Office location: County of Otsego.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Muhammed Kaya, 804 Livingston Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Council Rock Property, LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on June 19, 2017.

The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is P.O. Box 64, Hartwick, NY 13348.

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The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Emme Creative Group, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/9/2017.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF S&J LODGING, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/19/2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 2443 State Highway 28, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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Notice of Formation of Brothers Half Properties, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/23/2017.

Offc. Loc: Otsego Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/26/17.

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Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 164 West St. Ext., Oneonta, NY 13820 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of WOOD BAT FACTORY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/26/2017.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 189 Main St., Ste. 403, Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location.

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Notice of Formation of a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC).

BACKUS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY on 1/31/17.

NY office location: OTSEGO County.

Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to c/o THE LLC, 113 Hulbert Road, Bainbridge, NY 13733.

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Name: SIGNAL FIRE FARM LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 March 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: SCHLATHER & KINLEY CPAs PLLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 1 May 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: SUMMYA ACRES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 18 May 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1779 Co Hwy 14, Mount Vision, NY 13810.

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Notice of Formation of Bluepoint Consulting LLC Articles of Organization were filed with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on April 19, 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to; 16 Union Street, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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LLC formed in Georgia (GA) on 4/30/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205.

GA address of LLC: 925 North Point Parkway, Ste. 425, Alpharetta, GA 30005. Arts. of Org. filed with GA Secy. of State, 2 MLK, Jr. Dr., Ste. 313, Floyd West Tower, Atlanta, GA 30334-1530.

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Office location, County of Otsego.

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There have even been a few sightings in the City of Oneonta in recent years.

“SUNY called us a few years back, said there was one running around up there,” said Acting Chief Doug Brenner, Oneonta Police. “Even as far back as eight years ago, one got hit by a car on I-88 and found its way into Neahwa Park.

He was in bad shape.”

According to Cornell researchers Catherine Sun and Angela Fuller, there are between 6,000-8,000 black

bears in New York, with the majority in the Adirondacks.

An app called ISeeMammals is asking visitors to log their sightings and help them to track where bears are and aren’t.

Bifaro estimates that there are “several dozen” in Otsego County, with a limited number of hunters bringing in around six each season to keep the population healthy.

But exciting as it may Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life be to see one, the biologist CV-S teacher Emily Gibson, with the help of www. cautioned, you don’t want AllOTSEGO.com and eyewitnesses, is helping her bears hanging around your pupils put together a bear-spotting inventory. house. “They’re not seeking a safe spot if you see one He advised making sure humans as food,” he said. coming close to you.” that garbage cans were “But you do need to get to well-maintained and locked in a secure spot, and to not keep birdfeeders near the house. And if you do see one lumbering around your yard, yell or make noise, and chances are good that it will wander away.

That said, more and more local people have bear stories to tell.

“I had just taken in my birdfeeders when I heard footsteps,” said Brigette Priem, owner of the Lakeview Lodge on the ridge to the east of Otsego Lake. “I look out, and there’s this little bear on my porch – he looked at the view, looked in my French doors and then wandered off. He came back two more times, but I haven’t seen him since.”

“There was one near our campsite, and my dad threw a can at it,” said Willow Beauregard. “They’re just as afraid of people as we are of them.”

“They may look cute and cuddly,” Gibson warned the first-graders. “But do not put food out for them.”

“About 10 years ago, we had a few ‘nuisance bears’ that were coming up close and bothering people,” Join us for lectures and discussions exploring ideas about “home.” said Dan Crowell, county Topics include: What defines home, homeland? How do we understand treasurer. “One came onto identity? How does one’s identity inform one’s sense of home? How do we the Cooperstown School balance a desire for openness and welcome with the need for safety and playground, and another protection? How far are we willing to go to defend our home? came up the driveway while my wife was unloading JUNE 22 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St, Cooperstown FREE groceries while our son, just JUNE 29 7 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 46 River St, Cooperstown FREE four days old, was asleep in the back.”

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“It’s cool to see them walking around,” said Brenner. “But I think I’d much rather see one from a distance.”

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OBITUARIES Gordon L. Gray, 85, Cooperstown; 35-Year Bassett Cafeteria Manager COOPERSTOWN – Gordon L. Gray, 85, a 35-year manager of Bassett Hospital’s cafeteria, passed away Monday night, June 12, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family.

He was born Jan. 14, 1932, at home in the Town of Hartwick, a son of Walter F. and Ruth (Fassett) Gray.

He lived his entire life in the Cooperstown area.

Throughout his life Gordie was a hard worker, and in addition to working at Bassett he mowed many lawns and plowed a lot of snow.

In his leisure, he enjoyed hunting and fishing, but

most enjoyed just being with family and friends.

Gordie is survived by his wife of 56 years, Evelyn Bridger Gray, of Cooperstown; their four children, Barry D. Gray and wife, Brenda WedderspoonGray, of Cooperstown, Pamela Madrid of San Antonio, Texas, Bonnie Garcia of Lancaster, Calif., and Brenda Lee Gray of Walton; a sister, Mrs. May Tymcheck of Hortense, Ga.; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

One of 11 children, Gordie was predeceased by three brothers, Douglas,

Donald and Clifford Gray; and six sisters, Ruth Short, Hilda Turp, Marion Dale, Betty Stalvey, Virginia Armstrong and Doris Armstrong.

At his request, there will be no services.

For those who wish to remember Gordie with a memorial donation, please consider Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820 or the Cooperstown Emergency Squad, P.O. Box 322, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

Douglas Getman, 92, Cooperstown; Retired Heavy-Equipment Operator COOPERSTOWN – Douglas E. Getman, 92, a retired heavy-equipment operator, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning, June 13, 2017, at Bassett Hospital.

He was born July 28, 1924, in the Town of Theresa, Jefferson County, a son of Ernest and Eva (Bell) Getman.

After moving to Otsego County, he was employed for many years as a heavy equipment operator, and at one time worked for Edward Van de Bogart in Oneonta, as well as Hank and Donnie Burton.

On Jan. 14, 2012, Doug was united in marriage with Patricia Rose Kreutzfeldt at the Free Baptist Church in West Davenport.

Doug is survived by his wife, Patricia, of Cooperstown; a stepdaughter, Allison J. Santos of Milford; a brother, George Getman and wife, Lucille, of Turin; a sister, Gladys Pate of Castorland; two nephews, Dean Moxley and wife, Cindy, and Gary Moxley and wife Carlene; four nieces, Colleen Rogers, Gail Carey, Lois Gregory, and Judy; his nephews and nieces’ families; and many friends.

He was predeceased by three sisters, twins Dorothy Moxley and Doris Marlof, and Pauline M. Seelman; a brother, Donald Getman; a son, John Edward Getman, who died in infancy in 1960; and a step son, Norman D. Vass.

A Memorial Service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 22, at the Free Baptist Church on Charlotte Creek Road, West Davenport, with Pastor Steve Estes officiating. A luncheon will followplease bring a dish to pass.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

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MILFORD – Richard C. Duke, 86, a mechanic with F.H. Burt Co, passed away Friday, June 9, 2017 at his home in Milford, surrounded by family.

He was born in Newark, NJ on May 22, 1931 to Clarence and Helen Duke.

Richard grew up Richard with his Duke sisters, Doris and Susan in Newark.

Richard was a good but rambunctious student whom upon completion of his education proceded to work to help support his family.

Growing up in the depression era he decided to enlist in the United States Army.

He fought in the Korean War as a part of the 82nd Airborne Division. He was honorably discharged as Sargent.

He made his career as a machine mechanic at Shearing Pharmaceutical where he retired. Then he moved to Milford,where he rejoined the workforce as a mechanic at F.H. Burt Co. in Oneonta.

He then married and had a family with Amanda Shutters.

Richard is survived by his five children: Jamey, Tammy, Justin, Richard, and Amanda. His 10 grandchildren: Zachary, Hailey, Ethan, Timothy, Trenton, Tanner, Ryan, Alex, Lailajune and Cyles.

Visitation will be held from 7–9 p.m. Friday, June

23 at the Ottman Funeral Home, 22 Church Street, Cherry Valley. Funeral services will be announced at a later date.

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stops, took just under three hours.

The trolley is now the subject of an exhibit at the Hartwick History Center, located in the back room of the Kinney Memorial Library. “It was a part of our town that was forgotten,” said Caren Kelsey, Hartwick Historical Society president. “I wanted to bring it back.”

The trolley station was where the Cooperstown Bat Co. is now and the Hartwick Rod & Gun Club is housed in the old powerhouse. It took 50 minutes to get from Oneonta

to Hartwick, where visitors could shop, dine and stay in local hotels. “My father, John Mott, used to take the trolley to school,” said Goodrich. “He remembers them moving milk on it too.”

Throughout the early part of the century, Hartwick was a booming town, in part, Kelsey believes, because visitors by trolley could get a little something extra if they knew where to look. “Hartwick was a dry town, but in the basement of those big hotels, there were some bars,” she said.

But more than just old photos, the centerpiece of the

exhibit is a 3-D printed model of two of the trolley’s passenger cars.

“Caren asked Benji Blacklock and I if we could make a replica model of the trolley that ran through Hartwick,” said Tony Birch, a senior in the New Visions engineering program at BOCES. “We only had a few pictures to go on, but we said yes.”

“We have community members come in with requests from time to time,” said teacher David Morrell. “And we always say yes.”

Using the SolidWorks design program, Blacklock

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designed a basic passenger car, while Birch added ladders, a door and wheels. “We had to go through three different wheel designs,” said Birch.

“The original ones were too blocky, and we wanted them to be able to move on the track.”

Using the classroom’s 3-D printer – it takes plans and creates a three-dimensional model – the students created a mock-up, with the wheels printed separately and attached.

“It looked good enough in our first shot that we went ahead and printed the final in black,” said Birch.

They made two cars, one with “OTSEGO” printed on the side, and both are now the centerpiece of the trolley display And the car Birch and Blacklock printed has its own history. “The ‘Otsego’ car was very elegant,” said Carol Goodrich, Hartwick historian.

“It had wicker chairs, carpeting and curtains, an icebox and a bar on board. Reportedly, Teddy Roosevelt and the Anheuser-Busch family rode on it at one time.”

In addition to routine passenger service, the trolley offered planned excursions to parks around Canadarago Lake and Otsego Park near Laurens, where visitors could enjoy entertainment in the pavilions, lit by 200 electric lights.

But as automobiles became more popular, fewer and fewer rode the trolley. And with a fire in 1925 that destroyed the car barn, the industry was further crippled. “There were passenger trains until 1932, and it delivered mail until the end of the ’30s,” said Goodrich.

“But by 1941, there was only 1 1/2 miles of track left by West Oneonta.”

The display is on until August. “I wish the trolley was around when I was a kid,” said Kelsey. “I would have ridden it all the time.”

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